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HORSE POWER. ,449. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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ilNiTnD STATES PATnNT Critiche FREDERICK HCHLFELDER AND VAR-NUM FRASIER CARPENTER, OF CLEVE- LAND, CHIC; SAID CARPENTER ASSIGNCR 'TO SAID HCHDFELDER.

HORSE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,449, dated September 6, 1887.

Application filed February 3, 1857.

To @ZZ whom zit may concern:

e it known that we, FREDERICK HOHLFEL- nnn and VARNUM FRAsrnR CARPENTER., citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, havein vented certain new and nseful Improvements in HorsePowers; and we do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such aswill enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and 'lignres of reference marked thereon,

rlhe object of this improvement is a horsepower oi' simple, compact, and economical construction and efficient operation, in which the paris are connected and supported in their true relai ive position to each other by a frame. These results are attained in the mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith tiled as part of this application, in which the sameletters of reference denote the saine paris in the different views.

In the drawings, Figure l. represents an end elevation ol' a horse-power embodying the featnres ol' our improvement. Fig. 2 is a transverse longitudinal vertical section taken on the line m az, Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a plan of a device used in connection with the machine.

A, A', A2, A, and A represent the frame to which the parts are connected and by which they are supported. The part A is a rectangular shell extending from the base A, and is provided at its top with a vertically-perforated cylindrical extension, A, which is iinished at its circumference, for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

A is a vertical ertension from the base A, and is provided with a vertical recess adapted to receive a shaft or gear-arbor, B, which is snugly litted thereto, and which is iirmly secured within the extension A2 by set-screws, as shown at a2. The part Al is connected at its top by means or" an integral brace-exten sion, a', with the part A.

A is a vertical extension of the part A, p rovided with a horizontal perforation made to receive and form a bearing for a shaft, G,which is provided with an additional bearing, G',

Serial No. 226,465, (No modeLl and thereby arranged to support a drivingpnlley, F.

The base A is ccntrall y provided with a recessed vertical extension, c, which forms a socket for the reception of a shaft or gennarbor, H, which is rigidly secured thereto by one or more set-screws, as shown at 71,. rlhe shaft H is set into the socketin the extension e through the corresponding perforation or bearing in the metal frameextension AL.

E is a bevelgear on the shaft H, on which it is arranged to turn.

D is a pinion wheel on the shaft H, onwhch it is also arranged to tnrn. The pinion D is connected with the bevel-gear E by means of a clutch, (indicated at (1,) by reason of which force applied to the pinion D will cause the bevel-gear to tnrn therewith.

D is a gear-wheel on the shaft B, rigidly secured to the vertical frame-extension A, as described. The gear-wheel D is arranged to tnrn 0n the shaft B.

C is apinion on the shaft B, also arranged to turn thereon. The pinion C is connected with the gear-wheel D by means of a clutch, (shown at (12,) by reason of which motion i1nparted to the pinion C will give corresponding motion to the gear-wheel D.

C is a gear-wheel having a hub suitably fitted te the vertical frame-extension A", on which the gcar-wheel C is arranged.

K is a two-armed lever or sweep secured to the gear-wheel C by means of two or more bolts, c c, inserted through perforations in the ,i

body of the wheel C, and through the lever K, and through a ribbed cast-n1ctal cap, K', at the top of the lever K. A second lever, K2, is placed in theopening or space in the ribbed cap K at right angles to the lever K.

E is a bevel-gear on the shaft G, and arranged to mesh with the bevel-gear E on the shaft H.

GL is a device for protecting the beltconnection of the horse-power with the machine to be driven. Itis composed of a metal frame made substantially in the form shown and provided near its ends with friction-rollers g, g', g2, and g, intermediate of which the upper part of the frame Grl is provided with openings, in order that the npper part of the belt may pass between the rollers and the lower part of ICO 'in Fig. 1.

the belt to pass under the rollers g' g3, as shown The rollers g g2 are journaled upon a higher plane on the part G2 than the rollers g g3, so as to prevent Contact of the belt, as clearly shown in the same figure.

Operation: In the operation of the machine the gear-wheel C, which is put in motion by the lever K, gives motion to the pinion C', which, by reason of the clutch described, gives corresponding motion to the gear-wheel D, which imparts corresponding motion to the pinion D,which latter, by reason of its clutch, connects with the bevel-gear E, and motion is thereby imparted to the driving-pulley F on the shaft G through the bevel-gear E,which meshes with the bevel-gear E on the shaft H. The vertical extension A5 of the frame A is finished at its upper end to conform to the correspondingly-nished size of the shaft G. The gear-Wheel E is secured to shaft G by means of set-screws. 'Ihe lower end of the hub-wheel E and the upper end of the vertical extension a are finished bearings. The upper end of the Vertical frame-extension A2 is finished,and forms a bearing for a correspondingly-finished `lower end of the hub of the gear-wheel D.

Having fully described the features of our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a horse-power, the frame consisting of 3 5 a base, A, having integral therewith vertical socketed extension A2, provided with brace a', central soeketed extension, a3, and horizontally-perforated extension Aa, and the hollow rectangular shell A', secured to the base A, and 4o having a cylindrical perforated bearing, A, proj eeting upwardly and forming a bearing for the gear-wheel C, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a frame, the shafts 4 5 B H,journaled therein, the gears D C on the shaft B, and the clutch d2 between said gears, of the gears C, D', and E on the shaft H, the clutch d between the gears D and E, the shaft G, arranged at right angles to the shafts H andY 5o B, and the drive-pulley F on said shaft, meshing with the pinion E, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK HOHLFELDER. VARNUM FRASIER CARPENTER.

Vitnesses:

B. LAMsoN, A. J. MICHAEL. 

